VIDEO: Fleshing-eating piranhas spotted swimming in floodwater
- 19-May-2024
Fleshing-eating piranhas were seen swimming in the streets filled with floodwater in a major city in Brazil following extremely heavy rain in the country. Several videos posted to social media showed flesh-eating piranhas swimming in floodwater while others were washed up dead on land in Porto Alegre city of Brazil, Metro reported. Marine biologists said […]
Fossil of piranha-like fish discovered in southern Germany
- 19-Oct-2018
WASHINGTON: Scientists on Thursday claimed to have unearthed in southern Germany the fossil of a fish that, with its mouth full of razor-sharp teeth, strongly resembled today’s piranhas, the stars of more than their fair share of Hollywood horror films. The fish lived during the Jurassic Period 152 million years ago. Named Piranhamesodon pinnatomus, it […]